Bring back John Cleese as Q!

[Timstuff]

I just finished watching Casino Royal on Blu-Ray for the first time today, and I loved it. However, while I think it was refreshing to see a bond that did not rely heavily on gadgets to get his missions done, I really did miss John Cleese as Q. He was one of the highlights of the Pierce Brosnan Bond films, and if they could find some way to bring him back without going overboard with the gadgets (a problem that many Bond films suffer), I'd be all for it. If they could have Judi Dench reprise her role as M, then I think that it's fair that they bring back Cleese as Q. What say ye?

 

[Rezzo]

Don´t like the idea of him in the new Bond movie, don´t like that joking aspect

 

[Timstuff]

Oh come on... He shows up at the start of the movie and gives Bond his gear while making a few zingers, I don't see how that's a problem for the overall tone of the new Bond. I think he can be properly integrated, and I would love to see him back since Q has always been a Bond staple, and John Cleese played the part brilliantly.

 

[Rezzo]

I wanna see a rough tough Bond like in CR, don´t wanna see Daniel Craig on screen with John Cleese cracking some lame jokes

 

[Timstuff]

I don't understand how a few zingers early in the movie would make Bond any less tough. If he does the same kind of stuff he was doing in Casino Royale, I would not be worried at all.

 

[Rezzo]

John Cleese is just cheesy and that´s one of the things I hated about the Bond films with Brosnan, all those cheesy scenes between Brosnan and Cleese so I´m really hoping he is never seen in the new Bond films with Craig

 

[Timstuff]

Well, what you thought was cheesy, I thought was funny. Like I said, if they integrate Q into the story properly, he will not ruin the theme of the new Bond films. Q is a part of Bond like Alfred is a part of Batman, and it'd be a shame if we didn't get to see him return IMO. Especially since I loved the way Cleese played the character.

 

[Everyman]

Q died with desmond Llewellyn, I doubt anybody can replace him as Q, and certainly not John Cleese. What was good about the original one was that Q was always so serious. Cleese's Q was a joke, a caricature, he belongs more in an Ausitn Powers movie than in the Bond franchise. Not to mention that he had the dumbest gadgets of the whole franchise.

 

[Timstuff]

John Cleese had the misfortune of being in two of the worst Bond movies in recent history. However, he was one of the few highlights of them, and he's one of the only things I want carried over. If you were to put Cleese into an overall better movie and write his character into it properly, he would be able to work some good magic. Also, he was great in the video games "Nightfire" and "Everything or Nothing," which were two of the only halfway decent bond games released since the original Goldeneye. If you thought Cleese was cheesy as Q, it's because the movies he was in were overall cheesy.

 

[Rezzo]

Q died with desmond Llewellyn, I doubt anybody can replace him as Q, and certainly not John Cleese. What was good about the original one was that Q was always so serious. Cleese's Q was a joke, a caricature, he belongs more in an Ausitn Powers movie than in the Bond franchise. Not to mention that he had the dumbest gadgets of the whole franchise.

Well said

 

[Everyman]

John Cleese had the misfortune of being in two of the worst Bond movies in recent history. However, he was one of the few highlights of them, and he's one of the only things I want carried over. If you were to put Cleese into an overall better movie and write his character into it properly, he would be able to work some good magic. Also, he was great in the video games "Nightfire" and "Everything or Nothing," which were two of the only halfway decent bond games released since the original Goldeneye. If you thought Cleese was cheesy as Q, it's because the movies he was in were overall cheesy.

A movie is no videogame. Cleese might have been unlucky with the way his character was written, but his Q was written for him, comedic and all. And that's what diminishes his character. The original Q was genuinly funny because he was not comedic. He was dead serious. You don't bring back something that have failed to convince, failed to replace what it was meant to replace.

 

[Joker]

If he plays it a little straighter, Cleese would be fine as Q.

 

[Golgo-13]

Bring on Bill Nighly as Q!

 

[Timstuff]

If he plays it a little straighter, Cleese would be fine as Q.

I know, that's what I've been stressing. Whether or not Q is cheesy in the movie has more to do with the director and writing than the actor.

 

[Riven]

I'd like Q to come back, but I think Cleese kind of had his time.

 

[Secret_Riddle]

Nighly for teh Q

 

[Sebastos]

Will Q be introduced in the next film? If so then i say recast the role....

 

[TheVileOne]

Nighy as Q, interesting. I would like to see that.

I say a new Q. I think it should've been a new M as well, but whatever.

 

[xwolverine2]

Bring on Bill Nighly as Q!

he would be good for anything...lolt:

 

[Everyman]

If he plays it a little straighter, Cleese would be fine as Q.

Maybe, but he was not casted to play Q straight.

 

[Sebastos]

Nighy as Q, interesting. I would like to see that.

I say a new Q. I think it should've been a new M as well, but whatever.

Yeah he'd be a good choice. I looked him up at imdb and he'd be interesting for the role.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Voted yes.

 

[Mr Jide]

Anthony Hopkins would have been a perfect M, he looks very similar to Bernerd Lee. However, as for Q, I want him brought in but scaled down to how the character was in, FRWL.

 

[Sebastos]

I like that they kept Judy Dench as M. Even though the Casino Royale movie was sort of a reboot, it would have been cool to have Anthony Hopkins as M.

 

[Golgo-13]

Nighly as Q...and Mirren as 'M'. This was soppose to be a re-boot after all!